Hey everyone, noobie here needing some help/advice here... I'm not sure if my clownfish is sick or what.. He was fine yesterday, and even earlier today. I went to work at 3, came home at 10 and he was swimming pretty fast all around my tank and i noticed he looked a little pale. Also, around his face he has this whitish stuff just dangling blowing in the current as he swims... Heres some photos, the first is of him yesterday, and the rest are just now.
clownfish sick?
- Thread starter ErosNYC
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- Location
- Bridgewater, NJ
Almost looks like he was beat up. Anything in the tank that could do that?
I have a condy anemone in there for about 2 days... at first he stood away from it.. when I put my light on after arriving home, I immediately noticed his fast swimming all around the nano cube (which he usually just relaxes around the same spot more or less) and I noticed him swiping the anemone then swimming away fast then goin back to it... the behavior didnt continue long. I was looking it up and came across clownfish illnesses like brook and ich etc. so now thats got me all extra concerned... especially since I JUST put another clown in there 2 buddy up with em.
- Location
- Bridgewater, NJ
That could be the problem. What size tank and is it the same kind of clown? Clowns can be pretty aggressive so that could be the issue.
Well i picked up the other clown from work and put it in just a little while ago after i noticed him looking like that. Yes they are both ocellaris. Does brooks disease or ick show up like that in a matter of hours or Could it be the condy stung him?? I'm just really hoping it isnt any diease or fungus that can be spread! It's a 12 gallon nano cube... I'll post a shot of the whole tank now, let me take a quick pic.
- Location
- Bridgewater, NJ
I was thinking that it could be "mouthing" the Condy too. It looks like the it's mostly around its mouth. Did you see any aggression between the 2?
Nah they seem to be cool with eachother (the 2 clowns) and as you can see in the picture, he's going back towards the anemone... I'm thinking he wants 2 host it o_0 .. Theres also a little yellow tail blue damsel in there that I had while the tank was cycling... at first he was pretty territorial towards the clown but after a while he got used to it.. now they swim by eachother no problem from either of them. Also The cleaner shrimp likes to brust the Condy with his long white "feelers", as you can see
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